Survey Data
Reg No
22111021
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
School
In Use As
Office
Date
1920 - 1940
Coordinates
205202, 124969
Date Recorded
06/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached H-plan single-storey former school, built c. 1930, with slightly projecting entrance flanked by four bays each side and in turn by three-bay projections, and having flat-roofed three-bay additions to ends at rear. Hipped slate roofs, with rendered square profile vents having metal conical caps to roof, and cast-iron rainwater goods with moulded guttering. Flat roofs to rear extensions. Painted rendered walls, with plinth course. Square-headed window openings with painted sills, and timber sliding sash horizontally arranged three-over-three pane windows, and having similar two-over-two pane windows, some narrow, to additions. Main entrance has stepped-profile parapet, channelled detail, and lettering 'Ceárd Sgoil' in relief. Recessed timber panelled double-leaf door with margined glazing to overlight and having stone step. Timber battened doors with glazed panels to rear entrances. Painted rendered boundary wall, stepped profile piers, and decorative wrought-iron railings and gates. Later five-bay two-storey block to west having hipped sprocketed slate roof and renderd walls.
Appraisal
This interesting institutional building has retained its H-plan and features such as its sash windows and entrance porch. The attention to detail is apparent in features such as the moulded cast-iron rainwater goods. The building adds significantly to the architectural variety of public buildings on Church Street.